How to Set Your Wedding to Music (Wedding Music Guide & Music CD) (Spiral-bound)

~ Gloria Sklerov (Author), (Author) "Visualizing your dream is one of he most important parts of planning, for behind every successful creation is an idea...a heart's desire..." (more)
Key Phrases: music planning, wedding program, unity candle, Cancellation Policy, Interview Date, Cartage Fees (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Barbara & Gloria show you how to make your wedding as magical as you've always dreamed..." -- Randi Tae Treibitz, Award-winning wedding DJ

"Choosing the music and planning a great wedding program has never been so easy." -- Mindy Weiss , Pres., Mindy Weiss & Jam, Beverly Hills, California

Barbara and Gloria take you by the hand and guide you to the wedding of your dreams, step-by-step. -- Mort Olshan, Owner, Hilton Hotel, Marco Island, Florida

Product Description

TOP EXPERTS let you in on secrets of creating magic for your wedding. Not to worry! All the research – all the work's been done for you. You'll know just what to do & what not to do for your taste - your budget…how to deal with bands/DJs, contracts, location pitfalls & more…what to play & when to play it…time-saving customized program worksheets make it easy (with or without Bands or DJs). A must…even days before the wedding. So much more…including a fantastic new wedding CD with 18 selections from Grammy & Emmy winning pros.

This one and only COMPLETE music guide and planner for weddings will help you plan every special musical moment of your wedding to guarantee that you AND your guests have a wonderful time. The step-by-step guide advises you what to do for all weddings - small and large, formal and informal, for all music budgets - $100 or $10,000 before you hire a band or DJ and AFTER! Unique 3-step method offers you the inside information every engaged couple should know about hiring bands and DJs: the key questions to ask AND the right answers to get…detailed information about equipment and combining different instruments for different moods and styles…a contract checklist and an actual music services contract - explained in everyday language will give you the knowledge and guidance you need for negotiating with bandleaders and DJs like a pro…extensive listings of the best, most popular and traditional wedding songs - broken down into categories for each and every part of the wedding - from the prelude to the last dance, from ethnic music to different musical styles for all ages as well as advice about selecting music, choreographing events and writing scripts to announce special moments PLUS sample music programs, helpful time-saving recommendations for some of the best music and wedding web sites, planning tips, additional workbook pages including pages for personal Notes & Reminders and budget planning, and much, much more. Among some of the tips offered in the book are:

"The most important part of wedding music planning takes place AFTER the band or DJ is hired. If your participation is limited to choosing a few favorite songs and artists, you are leaving the most crucial and emotional part of your wedding to chance, to people you hardly know. Music expresses the feelings we can't all put into words, so great care must be taken not only in selecting the right music for the right moment, but to coordinate and include everyone in your special moments."

"Find out which special songs were played at the weddings of your family and friends for their First Dance, and then play those songs at various times during your reception. This never fails to bring special loved ones to the dance floor as they relive the emotions of their own weddings."

"A wedding is even more beautiful when you extend your thoughtfulness and caring to others through your musical selections. Not everyone is a part of a couple. Single, widowed and divorced guests appreciate group dances that allow them to participate. Its also important to consider the elderly for whom even slightly loud music can be uncomfortable. Make sure they are seated away from the speakers."

Not only is How To Set Your Wedding To Music the one and only comprehensive wedding music planning guide anywhere, the package comes with an exciting new wedding music CD. In addition to the tremendous help and guidance the book provides, the CD is a real advantage when dealing with musicians, DJs, emcees, wedding planners, coordinators, and each other. Even at large formal weddings, CDs have become increasingly popular and every band comes equipped and prepared to play your favorite artists and recordings. Set Your Wedding to Music, the CD, may be used for all the special moments at any kind of wedding, including the most lavish. It contains 18 updated productions of familiar wedding standards and new traditionals. Available for the first time anywhere are songs featured in wedding scenes from The Guiding Light and Another World (including the 1997 Emmy Award-winning song of the year) the lush instrumental version of Andrea Bocellis international hit, Con Te Partiro (the hot ! new wedding processional) and many more, all from Grammy and Emmy award-winning professionals.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 170 pages
• Publisher: MusiConcepts (April 15, 2000)
• ISBN-10: 0967428017
• ISBN-13: 978-0967428017
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,034,810 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Total Lifesaver!, May 26, 2000

By	K. White (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

I received this book as a gift about a month before my wedding. I was going totally crazy with self-doubt about how the wedding was going to turn out. I just wanted everyone to have a great time and for it to go smoothly. But from the minute I started reading even the first introduction, I felt reassured and full of hope that we were on the right track, or that we would be soon with just a little effort. Not only does this book have everything you can possibly think of, it's a pleasure to read and easy-to-use. It helped to make our wedding more wonderful than we ever dreamed. Everything we needed was all there...a total lifesaver. We not only were able to deal with our bandleader with some authority, together, we worked out a great plan for the whole wedding program using the great ideas and tips in the guide book. The forms in the workbook were amazing because they led us every step of the way. We're still getting calls telling us what a wonderful wedding we had and how good a time everybody had - and how they loved the music. Speaking of music, we actually used the CD at the wedding. We loved the Celtic feel of "The Wedding Song" and we used it before the ceremony. Also, I fell in love with the instrumental of "Con Te Partiro" and used it for our processional. We both still listen to the album and it brings back wonderful memories. I wish every wedding could have the warmth and the closeness we all seemed to feel that day and we owe so much of that to the music planning guidance from "How to Set Your Wedding to Music". I'd give it a 5 star rating.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A TREASURE, May 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: How To Set Your Wedding To Music - the Complete Wedding Music Guide (Book only) (Spiral-bound)

I just loved reading this book! The table of contents alone was an education. I realized how many things there were to consider besides the songs themselves. We'd both been to so many boring weddings! I was beginning to worry if everybody would have a great time at ours. Not only is "How To Set Your Wedding To Music" loaded with great ideas and information from beginning to end, it's totally easy and fun to read.

Most of all, it helped us plan a fabulous wedding program. We were guided every step of the way by the workbook pages, and the forms helped us create the total program for the whole wedding. Everybody loved it. Everybody was part of everything. And thank goodness for the first rate concise chapter on dealing with DJs and bands. Without this book, I know our wedding would not have turned out to be so wonderful for us and for everyone there. Not only friends, but our aunts and uncles and cousins of all generations are still raving about what a great time they had and how terrific the music was. It makes us feel so good to know that everyone we care about really felt part of it all. I'd give this book the highest rating. Don't plan your wedding without it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Made My Wedding Great!, June 12, 2002

By	Debbie Fogerty (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

If your wedding music is great, then your wedding is great. This book helped us do that. We were able to create this wonderful emotional feeling at our ceremony and a great party at our reception by following their suggestions. Not only was the book full of all kinds of tips and info we didn't know about planning music, but the CD was fabulous as well. We used almost all of it. Some of our guests wanted to know what Cd it was because they all loved the music. There are new versions of some old wedding songs that are really beautiful, like The Wedding Song and Sunrise Sunset. I never heard them done like that before and probably wouldn't have used those songs because they usually sound so old-fashioned. But these were like they had just been done for my wedding. This was the first time I'd seen a music guide for weddings, expecially with a CD and I'm thrilled I found it.